I’ve had legitimate versions of this cue ball for 15+ years or whenever they came out, all ordered from Seyberts. My biggest complaint has been how quickly they get dirtied up and hold chalk marks, not easily rubbed off with your fingertips as chalk marks on red circles Cue balls can be.
I was told they have improved the outer surface on the measle ball and now they are much easier to keep clean, more like the red circle. Does anyone know when this change in the manufacturing process took place, if indeed it did? I last ordered new Pro Cup cue balls in the individual packs from Seyberts no more than a year or two ago, and still noticed the same problem when using.
Have they been improved more recently than that and is there anyway to tell the difference? I’ve heard the newer versions may be whiter in color as opposed to the slightly yellowish original Pro Cup cue balls, but then an Aramith dealer informed me today that all Pro Cup versions have a yellowish / ivory tint, and any of them that appear "white" are very likely Asian made counterfeit knock-off versions of the real thing.
I was told they have improved the outer surface on the measle ball and now they are much easier to keep clean, more like the red circle. Does anyone know when this change in the manufacturing process took place, if indeed it did? I last ordered new Pro Cup cue balls in the individual packs from Seyberts no more than a year or two ago, and still noticed the same problem when using.
Have they been improved more recently than that and is there anyway to tell the difference? I’ve heard the newer versions may be whiter in color as opposed to the slightly yellowish original Pro Cup cue balls, but then an Aramith dealer informed me today that all Pro Cup versions have a yellowish / ivory tint, and any of them that appear "white" are very likely Asian made counterfeit knock-off versions of the real thing.
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